SPOILER!!: Emmeline!!!!!
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NifflerFan 
Errrr....so, she hadn't actually planned on being caught. Emmeline NEVER planned on being caught, actually, but she usually had some sort of ready-made excuse or plan ready to go for whenever she broke a rule. But this time, she'd been soooo sure that Professor Myers slept in the castle and so that she had 0 chance of getting caught, she was realllllly unprepared.
Maybe if she just backed slooooowly towards the door, she could escape before the Herbology professor was really awake? Emmeline had just started doing that all sneakily and stuff when the professor lit his wand tip WITHOUT WORDS!!!! The second year had forgotten that people could DO that, and the surprise of the light coming on made her freeze in her tracks.
She looked between the angry professor and the door to the outside, trying to judge the distance and if she could possibly still run for it. She didn't think so, but she kept backing up towards the door anyways. It wasn't safe to be alone with an angry wizard with a wand in his hand, nope. She wasn't super scared yet, though, 'cause she had her wand in her hand too. At least she wasn't unprepared or anything if he attacked.
As she backed towards the door, Emmeline's mind whirled around for an excuse. "Uhhh, sorry Professor. Ummm, I thought I saw a creature come in here and y'know, those other small creatures were killed, so I thought I'd follow it and stuff," she blurted out realllly quickly. That excuse was possible, right?? Though she still didn't know how Professor Myers had woken up so quickly, either; it wasn't like she'd been making a lot of noise. She hadn't even had to unlock the door.
If this excuse didn't work, maybe she could convince the professor that he was dreaming? That worked when someone was super sleepy, right? It would be worth a shot, mhm. "But uhhh, you're still sleeeeeping. This is all a dreeeeam," she said hopefully. She tried to make her voice sound all misty and mysterious and dream-like.
One of these was totally going to work, mhm.
Paul would know that voice anywhere, because Emmeline Sparkes was a student who definitely stood out to him, not for being a Herbology fan or a supremely good student. It wasn't that Paul didn't like Emmeline OR think she was smart or a good student. He thought Emmeline was wonderfully creative, sweet when she felt the need to be, compassionate.
But she certainly had it out for him, and it had
not gone unnoticed by Paul, which is why being woken in the night by her was not....going to pleasant. For either of them.
He raised a skeptical eyebrow at her first excuse.
"How would a creature ever have-----" And he was cut off by the NEXT bewildering statement, which only had Paul WIDENING his eyes at her in disbelief.
"I...cannot believe....you are out of bed in the night in my office." Well, not IN his office, but very nearly. His voice was low, cold, and calculatingly slow.
"You are a wonderful student. I feel....I feel disappointed. And especially after that hawk showed up at the bulletin board?! This is very suspicious behavior, Miss Sparkes, indeed. I would like an explanation...or would you rather me awaken Professor Marchand tonight and explain to him that one of his lions very nearly broke into my office?" He gave her a look with his blue eyes. Because why else would she be sneaking round his meeting space alone?
Yeah, don't wake a sleeping Paul. He was not amused. The professor folded his arms across his chest.
If it was anyone else....... He knew. He knew he wouldn't be nearly as irritated. Plus, the girl was full of centaur dung at the moment! CENTAUR DUNG.
SPOILER!!: Derf
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Originally Posted by
sweetpinkpixie
Sunglasses. They made Derf think of those super cool American students and their boom box player thingy. And now Derf's little 13-year-old heart was sad because he missed his pen pal (who he needed to write again soon, now that he thought about it) and the enchanting Valerie Gray. Yes, the hearts were now gone from around her name, but his ears still did turn a bit pinkish whenever he thought about her.
"It's even in neat little baggies!" he announced as he lowered the box so he could look at the professor proper. "Henry thinks Peeves did it...which was pretty thoughtful of him, you know? Putting things in bags like this rather than the usual messy business." Actually...it was a little disappointing. Was Peeves losing his edge a bit? "But it's HIPPOGRIFF dung!"
Which was super important, you know? Rare and expensive and stuff.
The Hufflepuff couldn't tell if there were any additions to dung - meaning fresh dung by Zelda - since he was currently encompassed by the box of dung he held.
HOLY HIPPOGRIFF DUNG!
"Wow. That is....that's........that's very valuable. I'm so glad you thought of me!" he smiled and patted the top of Derfael's head
. "Yes...but I would rather Peeves do this than some of his....other shenanigans. So is all this dung for me?" FOR HIS PLANTS? Wow.
WOW.
He'd have to go thank Peeves ^^
"You don't want any dung?" Quote:
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Goblinfrog Kitty blinked, mildly surprised to see the floor covered in sand. Or was there no floor, and it was sand all the way through? Huh. Professor Meyers sure was an interesting fellow.
"Should I take off my shoes and socks, sir?" she asked politely, not sure if there was a barefoot rule going on here.
The mention of treasure piqued her curiosity. "Ooh, really? What kind of treasure?"
Oh! "
Well, it isn't a requirement, no. I just like the way the sand feels on my feet. It's cool to the touch." And the texture was good for the skin, was it not? Sand was gritty. It got....dead skin off. TMI. But Paul had dry feet sometimes, ok? >.>
TREEEEAAAAASURE! Paul suddenly broke into a broad grin.
"There's all kinds of things. Why don't you have... a poke around? You can use your wand if you like." He smirked. His eyes flickered over to a particular spot at the other end of the room.
Maybe...there was something buried there. Maybe it was....y'know, a nice trinket of some sort. And by trinket, we mean...a remembrall? A magical music box? Things like that? Yeah?